Ariel view of the great salt lake. Orange sky and sun setting over calm waves of a gray sea or ocean. Tranquil, zen-like, cinematic scene. Slow motion video. Orange sky and sun setting over the sea or ...

The authors used data from the Utah Division of Water Resources to build a detailed water budget for the Great Salt Lake basin for the years 1989 through 2022. On average, inputs to the lake – river ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Since November, more than 15,000 wild birds have died along the shore of the Great Salt Lake from avian influenza (or bird flu), according to state officials. After receiving a ...

Plus, lawmakers could do more with conservation and development in the Great Salt Lake basin, according to Ferry. He said a big focus for water managers now is figuring out new ways to not only ...

Recent studies that single out agriculture — particularly alfalfa farming — as the primary cause of the Great Salt Lake’s decline are counterproductive ... of 340,000 acre-feet/year (about the ...

Clocking in at roughly 35 miles wide and 75 miles long, the Great Salt Lake is the largest natural saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. The lake's name comes from the nature of the water ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah wildlife officials estimate 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes have died in recent months from a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak across the Great Salt Lake ...

It’s going to affect us all." The teens are members of the Youth Coalition for Great Salt Lake. They took time off from school to come to the Utah State Capitol in the middle of the legislative ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Utah’s Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, hit a troubling milestone in 2022, dropping to its lowest water level since record-keeping began in 1847.